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Expecting Fever: Baby Thermometer Manual for expecting Mothers

If you are reading this article that means you are responsible and on your way to become a great mother. Many expectant mothers feel inadequate even before the new bundle arrives. Warnings should not make you feel inadequate. They should only be tools to help you raise your baby wisely. Wise choices usually entail having the proper home diagnostics equipment ready and waiting. Given this, the health benefits of non contact baby thermometers are undeniable.

Babies usually cry when they are hungry, wet, bored, or uncomfortable. However, have a watchful eye when a baby cries for more than three hours a day for at least three days a week. He/she may have colic. A baby cries also when their temperature is soaring. This usually occurs in the late evening hours. A true fever is particularly worrying in the first few months of a baby’s life. Most commonly, fever is caused by an infection. Doctors usually say a baby has a fever if the temperature rises to 38C (100.4F).

Babies often get fevers after receiving immunizations. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that all babies up to the age of 3 receive 11 immunizations including Hepatitis B, Rotavirus, influenza (flu), varicella (chickenpox), inactivated polio (IPV), etc. Make sure you take your baby’s body temperature frequently if or after they receive any of these immunizations. A baby also gets fever when he/she begins teething. Fever is symptom number one when a baby has a disease such as influenza (flue), ear infection, hand, foot, and mouth disease, gingivostomatitis, roseola, group, urinary track infection, gastroententis, etc.  This is when you reach into your bag of baby tricks and pull out the best non contact baby thermometer you can find. This should be the case since a non-contact thermometer will allow you to take the child’s temperature even when the child is sleeping. This allows you to avoid further disruption in your life due to the baby’s illness and inability to go to sleep when sick. However, the worst diseases your baby may encounter that can be indicated with a temperature are a blood infection and/or meningitis. If you suspect either of these to be the case, you should call a doctor right away.

So next time your baby cries pay close attention and take his/her temperature and give him/her the appropriate diagnostic attention. It could save your baby’s life and/or a trip to the doctor.